Insertible saw-tooth for metal-saws.



PATBNTBD APR. 19, 1904.

0. c. NEWTON. INSERTIBLE-SAW TOOTH FOR METAL SAWS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 23. 1901.

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No. 757,953. Patented April 19, 1904.

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CHARLES C. NEW'TON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEWTON MACHINE TOOL \VORKS, INCORPORATED, OF PI-IILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

INSERTIBLE SAW-TOOTH FOR METAL-SAWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,953, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed January 23, 1901. Serial No. 44,4114. (N model.)

T0 1117mm it y I may use other other fastening devices, such Be it known that I, CHARLES C. NEWTON, a as screws, but I prefer rivets. It will be citizen of the United States, residing in Philaseen that I form two teeth on each section B.

delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain By this means I reduce the cost of manufac Improvements in Insertible Saw Teeth for ture and make a very substantial tooth-section Metal-Saws, of which the following is a speciand only need two rivets to secure each secfication. tion B to the blade. The sections can be read- 5 5 The object of my invention is to provide a ily removed and replaced. Thus it will be metal-saw with detachable teeth that can be seen that I am enabled to make a circular saw readily secured in place and which will not having insertible teeth in which the saw-blade weaken the body of the saw-blade and will be can be made of comparatively thin metal, and substantial and so set as to give clearance to by alternating the recesses for the teeth, one the blade. series being on one side of the blade and the In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is other series on the opposite side, I do not aside view of sufficient of acircular-saw blade weaken the blade to any appreciable extent to illustrate my invention, showing the teeth and at the same time provide a solid backing attached. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. for the tooth. 5 Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 with the The teeth can be cheaply manufactured and teeth removed. Fig. 4 is a section on the line readily applied to the blade, and when once A 4:, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective applied is perfectly rigid, as the strain is not view of the double tooth shown in Fig. 1. Fig. upon the rivet, but is taken by the shoulder 6 is aperspective view of a single tooth. Fig. back of the tooth. Z 7 is a side view of part of a blade, showing a In Figs. 6, 7 and 8 I have shown a section series of single teeth in position; and Fig. 8 B with a single tooth. This form may be used 5 is a plan view of Fig. 7. in some instances, and in light work one rivet A is the body of the saw-blade. This blade may secure the tooth to the blade. in the present instance is circular, and I have It will be understood that my invention is simply shown a portion of the blade, which especially designed for saws for sawing metal. will illustrate my invention. The blade is re- Heretofore a solid saw-blade has been precesscd at a a on one side, and alternating with ferred, owing to the character of the work and these recesses are recesses a on the opposite the necessary heavy cuts; but by my invenside. Fitting in the recesses a and a are the tion I overcome this objection to insertible- 30 sections B, having teeth 7), two in the present tooth saws by making the tooth in the manner instance, as shown in Fig. 5. The sections B set forth above.

5 are slightly thicker than the depth of the re- I claim as my inventioncesses, so as to extend beyond the side of the 1. The combination of a saw-blade havinga blade, and thus give clearance to the blade. series of recesses in each side, the recesses on 5 The teeth extend beyond the periphery of the one side alternating with those of the other blade, as shown, and are beveled slightly at side, with tooth-sections mounted in said re- 9 the cutting-point b and are beveled for clearcesses parallel to the plane of the saw-blade ance at If, each tooth being shaped as clearly and of a thickness greater than the depth of shown in Fig. 5. I preferably make the base the recesses, said teeth extending beyond the 9 of the tooth rounded, and I round the bottom periphery of the blade and having means for of the recess, so that it will conform to the securing them in position, substantially as de- 5 tooth, and I perforate the tooth-section, as well scribed.

as the blade, the perforations being in line, 2. The combination of a circularsaw-blade and I secure the section B to the blade by one having'a series of recesses in each side, one or more rivets (Z, two in the present instance. series of recesses alternating with the other series, uniformly flat tooth-sections parallel section also projecting laterally as a whole beyond the face of the blade and having countersunk holes in it with correspondinglyformed pieces constructed to enter said holes and thereby retain the sections in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES C. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

NVILL. A. BARR, JAMES C. KRAYER. 

